1 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/date_time/calculations.rb b/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/date_time/calculations.rb
index 0e5aa5af10..020fa1a06d 100644
--- a/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/date_time/calculations.rb
+++ b/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/date_time/calculations.rb
@@ -91,6 +91,17 @@ class DateTime
     change(:hour => 23, :min => 59, :sec => 59)
   end
 
+  # Returns a new DateTime representing the start of the hour (hh:00:00)
+  def beginning_of_hour
+    change(:min => 0)
+  end
+  alias :at_beginning_of_hour :beginning_of_hour
+
+  # Returns a new DateTime representing the end of the hour (hh:59:59)
+  def end_of_hour
+    change(:min => 59, :sec => 59)
+  end
+
   # Adjusts DateTime to UTC by adding its offset value; offset is set to 0
   #
   # Example: